Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-07
PASSED OVER THE VETO.
The City Council Heeds not Mayor
Blanding's Objections.
Aud Allows the Appropriation Ordi-
nance TO stand---Other Important
Proceedings of Last Nights Meeting
Ofthe Local Legislators.
CITY COUNCIL Room,


and LunOY. mlnuteS OF tne regular
meetings for June and subsequent meets
ings were read and approved Officers
reports for June were read and ordered
placed on file.
Alderman Gray from the printing COM
mittee, reported favorsbly the bill of J.
W. Potter for $13S 25 aud the same was
allowed by unanimous vote.
Alderman Corken, from the fire, water
and lights committee, reported favorably
an ordinance to prevent the piling of
hay, straw. kindling wood, etc, within
certain limits. Passed II to (Schroed~
er.)
Alderman Winter, from the committee
on streets. alleys and grounds, reported
on certain matters, which was ordered re-
ceived and placed on file
On motion of Alderman Corken the
water rate of Paulsen Bros brick yard
was made uniform with the rate of At
kinson & 0loff
Alderman Schroeder, from the com
mittee on sewers, reported adversely on
the Kinyon sewer until certain arrange
ments should be made, and further time
was given. Also favorably on the john
ston petition, with resolution instruct
ing the committee to advertise for bids
for the completion of the Fifth avenue
sewer, etc. The resolution was adopted
unanimously.
Alderman Schroeder also reported the
completion of the Eighteenth street
sewer and the payment in full of all as
sessments; that the Thirty fifth street
sewer was being relaid in good shape and
the REIMBURSEMENT street sewer CONS
menced. Report received and ordered
placed on file.
Alderman Ferguson, from the finance
committee. reported favorably certain
bills which were allowed Coal Valley
Mining Co. S13S, S. B Gordon S14S.S5;
c. A. Barnhardt S15; H. Reticker 81 50;
John Wills IS 25, w P Tindall S13, j.
E, Ready 81; George Cook 81 so.
Bills were referred: W Treftz, to
sewer committee; j W Potter, printing
committee and city attorney. NJ. W.
Griffin, claims committee and city attor
ney; Robert Bennett $40 50, finance COM
mittee with power to act; Julius Wellen
metz $40, claims committee with power to
act.
A bill of W. G Whitehead was reject
ed; also the bill of City Attorney McEniry
of S25 for visiting Cambridge, II to
(Corken.)
The clerk read an opinion from the
city attorney to the effect that no va
cancy exists in the council BY reason OF
the absence of Alderman Lundy, and on
other matters. Received and ordered
placed on file.
The mayor read the following message
MAYORS OFFICE, CITY OF Rock ISLAND
July 2, A. D. 1887
To the City Councillor the city of Rock Island Ill
GENTLEMEN:-An ordinance having
been passed oy the city council at the
last meeting thereof, entitled, An ordi
nance making annual appropriations,
and the same being deposited in the of
fee of the city clerk, and having careful
ly examined its provisions and duly con
sidered the same, said ordinance Is here
with returned to the council with nv ap
proval of the following items Of appro
priation, VIZ:
Int on bond d dbt Sf3. $50 Police -.......S $50
Public Library. $500 Sewers -....---.. 1000
Bridges .--.---.-. 500 Office expens'setc 200
Fire Department. 3,4s0 Salary .-....-.... SO
The following items of appropriation
are disappr0ved. viz:
Contingent fund 5000 Wtterworks .-S 1900
Sinking fund II 900 Light --.---..-.. $40
SIS. all VS. grn ds. 10 900 Printing --...-... ~
Health .---..------ l,9UU
The amount appropriated for sinkini
fund considered with reference to the sun
total of all the appropriations is, in m
view of it, too small an amount: the othe
items disapproved are regarded as large
than actual necessity requires.
The total of annual appropriations TO
the year 1886 was $110,165. The tota
of present appropriation for the yea
1887 is S112, $3.50, making the amount ap
prOpTiated this year in excess over las
year the sum of 81, 765 The amount 0
tax levy for 1886 was S56 900. Tn
present appropriation is based upon ia.
levy for 1887 of $50, 1872, being an exces
of tax levy of 81, 1872 over last year
The annual exhibit for the fiscal yea
ending April "a, 1887. shows that th
city Indebtedness in addition to tn
bonded debt, includes an item of item
pOrary loans for the sum of 1927, 724
bearing six per cent interest, and an iteu
of bills outstanding" for the sum o
- 1850. of which 81 $50 is for attorne
fees bearing eight per cent interest, max
ing the total of these two items the sun
of S29 ia, with interest to be added
The total amount of the present uppro
pTlatiGn is the extreme limit which tn
law permits. If the extreme limit wa
reached for the distinct purpose of paw
ing off large amount of city indebted
ness. and the amount appropriated 70
sinking fund had substantially covered
the amount of temporary loans and inter
est on the same, it might appear iustitia
BILE as an effort to paw off the unfunded
interest bearing, public debt In sue
case the mayor would not have felt war
ranted in interposing his disapproval G
the total annual appropriation, extrem
as it Is, as it would then manifestIy ap
pear to have been the settled policy c
the council to extinguish the unfunde
debt and leave future annual appropria
tons unembarrassed by this dea
weight. But. as it is, only Sl4, 900
applied to the sinking fund, while th
balance of an appropriation made up
the extreme limit of the law is appointe
around to tie several items of oIdinar
expenditures.
The various items approved and disal
proved have already been indicated
Those disapproved are believed to be i
excess Of actual need Beyond providin
for the items which are fixed and deter
inmate in amount, no well defined polio
of appropriation for other items seems t
have prevailed beyond swelling each tier
to the largest sum possible within the to
tai limit of the general appropriation
1t is unnecessary TO make elaborat
statements in regard to the several item
which are disapproved. An instance {
two will suffice. The annual fiscal r.
port of 1886 shows there was expende
that year for streets and alleys the follow
ing sums:
Labor pay Observation-Disclosures. S12 $50.
Borrowed from sewer funu for 3jth
st Improvement. ................. $50
Borrowed from bridge fund ........ ass.
On Boynton's contract 35th st ...-.... 800.
Labor cutting down 9Th ave east Of
3Oth St....s...- l,9tN.
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $500
All of which said sum represents ma,